Members Of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Among Many Guests At Gov’t Mule Show In NOLA

Gov’t Mule closed out their Spring Tour with a show at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans Friday night. Frontman Warren Haynes once again welcomed a slew of guests to join the band during the two-set performance.

To start the show Mule had the help of The Levee Horns on the opening songs of the set, “John The Revelator,” “Stage Fright” and “Into The Mystic,” as well as “Down & Out In New York City” which also saw Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers drummer Steve Ferrone replace Matt Abts behind the kit. Toward the end of the set, harmonica player Smoky Greenwell, Soulive guitarist Eric Krasno and keyboardist Neal Evans took the stage and The Heartbreakers bassist Ron Blair replaced Jorgen Carlsson for a rendition of “The Spider & The Fly.”

Greenwell returned three songs into the second set, with guitarist Alvin Youngblood Hart also guesting on “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” and “The Hunter.” Mule’s set progressed with the band bridging “Eternity’s Breath” and “No Quarter” with a jam on “St. Stephen” and it closed with “Blind Man In The Dark.” The encore kicked off with an Abts drum solo, followed by a sequence of “Rocking In The Free World” > “Machine Gun” > “When The Music’s Over” > “Machine Gun” > “Rocking In The Free World.”

Watch audience-shot footage from last night in NOLA below:

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Setlist (via Mule.net)

Set One: John The Revelator (with Levee Horns), Stage Fright (with Levee Horns), Into The Mystic( with Levee Horns), Down & Out In New York City (with Levee Horns & Steve Ferrone; without Matt Abts), Flip Wilson > Johnny Bratton Jam, Game Face (with Birdland & Mountain Jam teases), Captured, The Spider & The Fly (with Smoky Greenwell, Eric Krasno, Neal Evans & Ron Blair; without Jorgen Carlsson), Revolution Come, Revolution Go, Stone Cold Rage

Set Two: Creep, Scenes From A Troubled Mind (with Silent Scream Pt. 2 tease), Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (with Smoky Greenwell & Alvin Youngblood Hart) > The Hunter with Smoky Greenwell & Alvin Youngblood Hart), Trane > Eternity’s Breath > St. Stephen Jam > No Quarter, Bad Little Doggie > How Many More Years (with Higher Ground tease & Dazed & Confused lyrics) > Blind Man In The Dark

Encore: Drums > Rocking In The Free World > Machine Gun (Instrumental) > When The Music’s Over > Machine Gun (Instrumental) > Rocking In The Free World